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So, the more I look at Github pages the more I like it. I think Jekyll could be really fun but I need to get this up and running, with a day of content tonight. And I need sleep. So... thoughts?

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Jekyll/GitHub Page is really convenient once you get it up running. If this [0] looks acceptable to you, take a look at Octopress [1]. It'll take you 2 or 3 hours I suppose, taking into consideration the time it takes to install a proper ruby environment (for jekyll).

[0] http://blog.song.gao.io/ [1] http://octopress.org/docs/

Ok, that sounds like what I might do. I really wanted to get it setup tonight, but it's late already and I have training tomorrow in about 7.5 hours.

Here's the theme I'm using in case you didn't find the link: http://shashankmehta.in/archive/2012/greyshade.html

Good luck!

GitHub pages is great, but you'll probably want some time to play around with Jekyll. You can always use a hosted platform like Wordpress.com and switch off when you have more free time. Consider using Disqus for comments and Google Analytics for tracking if you want to be slightly more platform agnostic.

Yup, I enjoy Github Pages a lot - go ahead and download the Jekyll rubygem and muck about with it locally if you want to get grips on it fast.

I have a question - what do you find is the best way of hosting images for a Github Pages blog?

You can just put them in a static images/ folder and use a relative link pointing to '/images/test.jpg'.

In a pinch you can always fall back on http://imgur.com (but they'll delete images that don't get accessed for a long long time).

Thanks for the suggestion - in fact, I'll use it! I think I'll setup a wordpress blog tonight and limit myself to about 30 minutes to get content on a vanilla page. Then tomorrow, and in the future as needed, I'll invest the time needed to get a more intensive platform established (like Octopress as mentioned in an earlier comment).

Try jekyll with Octopress

It might be just me, but the default Octopress is really overused and I have a hard time following articles or getting a feel for the writer.

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